The Saharawis are stateless
people: no country
recognises them as their own
citizens. There are 300,000
of them, living precariously
in refugee camps near
Tindouf, in the Algerian
desert.

Women are very active in
the community. They form
groups, collaborate with
local associations and attend
trainings aimed at the self-
production of food with
dignity.

Maddalena Borsato, Italian
pastry chef and researcher
at the University of
Gastronomic Sciences, ran a
workshop for about 30 local
women, who were asked to
make recipes starting from
the few ingredients available
in the area.

It was the Saharawi women
who solicited the workshop,
in the hope of diversifying
the range of products they
can sell during the markets
at the camp.

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